Patients with acute optic neuritis who have one or more brain lesions on baseline MRI have a more than 50% chance of progressing to multiple sclerosis over a period of 10 years, according to long ...

Optic neuritis is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis, and, as in my case, it usually affects only one eye. Optic neuritis occurs at some time in the course of the disease in 50 percent of ...

AQP4-IgG–positive NMOSD is marked by frequent optic neuritis (ON) and severe visual loss, and can be associated with myelitis, brain lesions, and optic nerve enhancement.

For patients with acute optic neuritis, measuring early optic nerve lesion length may predict neuro-axonal loss and serve as a biomarker for chronic visual impairment in the future.

A negative CSF result with only 4 small MRI lesions raises some doubts about a demyelinating etiology of the optic nerve problems.

Acute demyelinating optic neuritis (referred to herein as optic neuritis) is one of the most common manifestations of MS and often occurs as a first demyelinating event. Patients present with loss ...

Optic neuritis is a condition that causes swelling in the optic nerve. Know everything about it from an expert. Read on.

The optic nerve carries visual information from the eye to the brain. Optic neuritis is when your optic nerve becomes inflamed, causing vision loss. Learn more.

A 43 year-old man had a twenty year history of MS, presenting initially with optic neuritis. Over the past ten years, he developed progressive weakness, numbness and ataxia in the lower extremities.

Optic neuritis—inflammation of the optic nerve—represents the first MS symptom for approximately 25% of patients.